TikToker Fakes Tourettes, Mom Reveals: "They're sick with something else" 

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My 14yr old son has Tourette’s. He didn’t choose to have it, he gets bullied on the daily and it makes me sad and mad that anyone would fake the condition and make money from it. Disgusting.

Just because you're "sick with something else" doesn't excuse the faking of another disorder that effects so many people.

I almost feel like this is a form of denial. “No, im not sick with this fatal disease, im sick with THIS instead”

She had a "tic" for absolutely every situation she was in. That's not how tics work.

My mom died in 2020 of Huntingtons Disease. I’ve tested negative fortunately. I feel like she could’ve created a TikTok about HD and done such a positive thing for the community as no one really knows how terrible this disease truly is. This whole situation is a genuine shame.

2 things. 1. People that fake disorders makes it even more harder for people who actually have it to be believed. Like I sadly met someone who said their own parents are saying they’re faking it. 2. Having one illness doesn’t give you the right to FAKE another. Just accept your own illness instead of trying to be someone else.

Thank you for sharing some of my views in this video. I appreciate the research you’ve done into helping break the stigma that surrounds Tourette’s 💜

This infuriates me as a mother of a son who has Tourette’s. Social media has made it possible for people to exploit and mock those who truly have issues that effect their lives. Also, tics are not always verbal( like what she pretended to have). Facial tics are more prominent and OCD tendencies with my son. These people on social media are a huge reason why mental health issues are not taken seriously and made fun of.

Hi, Nurse here! About the medical documents: The term "pleasant" has nothing to do with how nice they are, but everything to do with their affect, i.e. how they're affected by their diseases. A Pleasant patient in this case world mean that they weren't displaying signs of aggression or agitation. 99% of the time, we wouldn't use the phrase "very pleasant." We'd write just "pleasant". HOWEVER, the medical and social history portion of the document is VERY incomplete. Even if it's a follow-up, the medical history portion of the document should still reestablish how long the behavior has been present, what symptoms the patient is displaying, and what, if anything, has any influence on those symptoms. The social history would have history on parents, smoking/drinking/drug use habits (even past habits) and things like job and education. Even on the patient's copy, this would be present. It is for these reasons alone that the document is fake, NOT because the term "very pleasant" was used. As far as Emerald goes, I hope they find the help they seem to need. Huntington's Disease is horrific to go through, and I have no doubt that just carrying the knowledge that they have a positive diagnosis, coupled with the fact that they've seen firsthand how it will affect someone in real time, has to be causing a variety of mental health issues on its own. My own personal theory is maybe they were faking having Tourette's because while there isn't a cure, it doesn't progress as severely as Huntington's, people with Tourettes can still live relatively normal, long lives, and it was their way of escaping their diagnosis, i.e. a denial tactic of sorts. It doesn't excuse their actions, but could provide an explanation for them faking it to begin with (again, it's just purely speculation on my behalf). I don't think we'll truly ever know why they faked having Tourette's, especially when they could have become a wonderful advocate for Huntington's, but I do really hope they're taking this time away to get help and work on themselves.

Can I ask, “I just don’t record on days that I have ticks” is that even possible? I doubt anyone with Tourette’s can predict when they will have them?! Surely if they could then they would be easier to control? I imagine this is so insulting to those who have Tourette’s.

I think what really gave it away was the video of them driving. Having such extreme tourettes as they claimed, they wouldn't have been allowed to drive.

I did think it was strange that she was always seemingly happy about her "tics." I've seen other content creators with tics that, yes, sometimes laugh at their tics, but mostly they seem neutral if not mildly annoyed--which makes sense considering it's part of their life, and it can hinder tasks sometimes. I also have a friend that I played games with, and he usually muted his mic if he was having a series of tics pretty bad because he was self-conscious about it. I doubt very many people would be, like, constantly cheerful at their own tics. Everyone copes in different ways, and sometimes we humans use humor to deal with stress, yet I find it hard to believe someone would make light of their own condition constantly and never ever seem frustrated by it. I still gave her the benefit of the doubt considering it's social media and maybe that's just the side of her life she wanted to record, but I'm sad to find out it's likely not true.

While I don’t agree with what TicsandRoses did. Sending death and swatting threats is just completely unnecessary. Honestly in my opinion sending death threats makes the person equally as bad.

I actually have Tourettes, So her behavior really pisses me off!! I got made fun of as a kid for having Tourettes😭😭 i would have really loud verbal and physical tics ESPECIALLY if i got stressed out. TOURETTES IS NO JOKE TO BE HAD.

There are some people that have tics so bad that it is physically painful for them.

Hypochondria or some type of histrionic personality disorder sounds most plausible. Seems like huge quantity of people recently are obsessed with getting as much attention as possible anyway they can and that’s incredibly unfortunate. It’s insulting to those who truly suffer. Not that suffering with a mental health issue isn’t a valid struggle, but instead of owning up to the truth of that struggle and seeking help, she seems to choose to ride on the coattails of conditions that will get more attention or are currently a popular curiosity which is even more egregious in my opinion.

Honestly if this person had came online and said “I’m a hypochondriac and these are my daily struggles” INSTANT CLICK. That’s so interesting, It’s still vulnerable, and it doesn’t suppress a struggling community. I think they may have been able to succeed further with honesty. Oh well.

Calling the person out and confronting them for faking such a disorder is something i can agree on but bullying and having violent comments regarding this person is extreme. We're in a era where we're looking for attention and validation on the internet. Either it is through your gender identity, mental health history, disorders in general or simply your body. We will see more and more cases. Yes of course it's upsetting but that's something we can't avoid.

I’ve worked as a dsp with a woman with Down’s syndrome autism and tourettes syndrome . Her tics were neither cute nor funny.

I remember the days when people used to believe them. It was so unrealistic.

Ticking together is so precious! I’ve followed her for a while. She helped me out with advice & is amazingly kind. I’m so pleased to see her referenced & recognized for her work sharing the truth in a kind, educational manner. I highly recommend her!

As someone with Tourette’s, this just makes me sad how people would go this far for some clout :/

"theyre sick with something else" yea narcissism

Honestly she would’ve been loved and praised if she actually used her TikTok account to spread awareness on Huntingtons Disease. (Without exaggeration to the symptoms) Its such a shame seeing how far people can go for clout….

Something that really stood out to me while watching some of their TikTok's is how they laughed/smiled after having a tick. I don't personally deal with Tourette's so please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a bit weird? If you go through ticks pretty much every day, wouldn't it stop being "cute" or "Funny" at some point?

Watching someone suffer with Huntington's is horrible, my niece got diagnosed at age 3, her mother had it and her grandmother had it. Her grandmother died from it and her mom took her own life due to it because her's also showed up very young and by the time she was in her mid 20's her life was lived in constant pain. My niece has never really progressed mentally to the age she should be which currently is her mid 20's, she still acts about the mental age of 5-6 and it's heartbreaking to witness because she has always been the sweetest child ever. We were told when she was a toddler and first got diagnosed, that she most likely wouldnt live past he age of 13-15 and this broke us, so for her to still be alive in her mid 20's is a miracle.

“I don’t record on days where I have tics” lol don’t people with Tourette’s have tics literally everyday??

“Faking a disorder for attention, who does that?!”…a lot of TikTokers unfortunately

Knew a kid with Tourette’s. It was painful for him. It wasn’t cute or just a quirk. He’d unintentionally injure himself from it and he couldn’t help it. Everybody could see how it affected him. Sure people can embrace themselves and deal with their condition in different ways but it’s weird how this creator glorified it and tried to almost fetishize it…

Scamming people out of money, regardless of why or how, is not ok. Full stop.

I have been diagnosed with Tourette’s but I don’t have vocal tics. My tics are mostly in my face, like bouncing my brow and opening my eyes bigger here and there. When I was young I would make little grunts but I seemed to have grown out of that, thankfully.

It appears that her only real issue is an unhealthy fear of being unremarkable. She puts on different identities like outfits until she feels special. When it gets old, she finds another

I was just searching for this video to finish watching it then i couldn't find it because it got removed to be edited again. Glad it's been reuploaded so i can finish it 😌

As a person with tics, I get “but you haven’t had any tics all day!” And I still have tics! Sometimes it’s worse, and sometimes it’s better, and it changes, i still have tics.

“I just don’t record on days I have Tourette’s“ honey… you can’t predict when you’re going to have Tourette’s or when you can avoid them. People who have Tourette’s have to suffer with never knowing when their tics will come up, nor can they control them.

Just saying…having a Pinterest board about a illness someone might have isn’t that unusual. I have MECFS and Fibromyalgia and I have a Pinterest board with all the stuff I’ve found.

I've been disabled for most of my adult life, and have several Dr's at Virginia Mason, have been to the ER countless times, have had 6 surgeries there, and have been going to Virginia Mason since 2014. I don't have a single piece of paper that looks like their paperwork.

13:04 that is not a red flag. Can someone not have a consultation until their older. It could be financial issues, pushing it off, denial, etc., a bunch of reasons people may get them later. I finally got diagnosed with autism when I was 17/18 and it was something thought about and pointed out since I was kid, but it just never ended up happening until, finally, a year or two ago. I'm 19 and I'm still getting diagnoses and finally getting back into therapy and realizing there are things that I should tell a doctor about.

As someone with Tourette’s this is depressing

Very off topic but I could listen to your voice ALL DAY. Your voice is so calming I swear everytime I watch one of your videos I fall asleep within like 5 minutes 😭

Drives me nuts when people say that calling out someone for doing something wrong is "hating" or "harassing"

Spill, you’re such a great narrator! You are really good with speech and talking. Thank you for creating these amazing vids!

Not to mention, the document has PTSD written twice on the part where its listed what she's diagnosed with.

I think it is possible that "TicsandRoses," the sister, and Mom might all be the same person, or that they are all working out something together, damage control, most likely.

contrary to redditors’ beliefs that the doctors note would never be written in that tone, I once had to advocate for my self in the ER of a hospital to get a referral to their orthopaedic division, and the ER doctor actually did call me “a very nice young lady who is desperate for help” 😂

Man, I feel bad for Emerald’s sister. I’m in a very similar situation. I hope that family is able to get help, for their physical and mental states.

This is tragic. It looks like they've been suffering from extreme anxiety over their Huntington's result, and in order to avoid facing an incurable death sentence, they've become a hypochondriac.

I'm scared that people will take this and question every. Single. Person with mental health problems

Why would a doctor discourage someone with a family history of Huntington Disease from getting tested? I have a lot of medical problems and from my experience, this seems like something a doctor would definitely want a patient to confirm.

I love that you always have subtitles on your videos 💜

Welcome to spill, the only person who will just tell us what went down rather then talk about something else for half the video.

I truly believe when she got her huntingtons diagnosis and saw Tourette’s blowing up and how her symptoms aligned she found a place in that community where she then gain clout and kinda dug herself a deep hole

I was watching this at night while doing some homework and I was getting sooo frustrated that my neighbour above me was moving furniture at this hour until I realised they would have to be moving a lot of furniture… It was the sound effect of the Reddit posts when they appear on screen omg… I was loosing my mind! This is not my favorite sound effect….

She’s definitely not the only one faking tics. It’s honestly disgusting

In one of my classes i knew a few people who had Tourettes, seeing people fake it like that is just disgusting

My little sister has Tourettes, and absolutely hates it when people go seeking attention. There's been a point where she was ticking so badly she struggled to breathe, It's really gross when people fake a disorder for views.

i used to know someone like her. it’s sad and very very mixed. i wasn’t sure if my said ‘friend’ was really suffering through the same thing i had. i feel for people that fell for these tricks she pulled and who believed her. update: said ‘friend’ made a tiktok account with the surname ‘Techno’ whereas their actual name is not. i cut off all connections with them and even explained to them and other close friends to them as to why i did what i did. if you are going through this, i recommend confronting them about it subtly with kindness. ty for reading

I will say, on one of my last medical records (broke my finger about a month ago), they have also said something along the lines of calling me a “pleasant” girl. She was a younger doctor, caucasian. Not saying shes totally telling the truth, but some doctors are very different with their language.

So excited to watch!! I was in the middle of watching yesterday evening and it stopped playing bc it was removed, glad to see it back ♡

She would get a little more respect if she admitted she doesn't have it and made a mistake. She keeps continuing is possibly gonna be her down fall.

Tourettes syndrome develops from ages 6-18, so if their sister claims emerald didn’t have tics as a child, they would not have it as an adult

One thing that always baffled me about them is that if they really do have Huntington’s, why not post about that!? That is a much more serious disease and if she actually has it, along family members, why not advocate for Huntington’s? So confusing to me

She absolutely has something going on...maybe not tourettes, but something for sure.

I've suffered from vocal tics as a kid and somehow grew out of it and now I'm left with motor tics. It was extremely difficult and I still struggle. This girl sucks.

I have a feeling Ren has fallen for a Nigerian romance scam if he is that naive.

I feel so bad for the people with all these life threatening diseases that have no known cure.. who even deserve's that- it's really sad, no- it's horrible

I once had a boyfriend who had tourette's with voice tics that usually came in the form of bad words. It was horrible to him and he was very conscious about being around other people and being perceived as rude. It is something very difficult to deal with. What this person is doing is insensitive to say the least

Oh I remember seeing them People were placing orders to get a cute tic screamed into their postage bag

Huntington’s disease is a horrific way to go. I can see how discovering they were doomed to suffer so terribly would drive them right around the bend. She and her family have my compassion.

As someone who gets a moderate amount of tics cuz of my anxiety, having turrets sounds AWFUL

I agree they’re DEFINITELY sick with something else. That would be stupidity -

What's so disgusting is her family had to come out and say SHE IS NOT SICK SHE IS NOT DIAGNOSED.....sad and pathetic

I’ve had tourettes for a while now. When I was around 9 or 10, I thought I was going insane or being possessed when I was doing tics. I did research and found out. I was put on some kind of medication by my doctor and it kinda worked. My whole family gets annoyed by my tics when I can’t do anything about them.

Yeah, they definitely created that medical document themselves. Medical documents do not look like that.

There is absolutely no excuse for her behavior. She's disgusting.

Not defending her at all, but I have doctors letters which say: 'It was a pleasure to meet the pleasant young woman' which is a sort of polite and friendly way of starting the description of the appointment. In fact, I kept that because it was the only time I've ever been complimented on an official document

I have anxiety and depression... So I guess I'm making a tiktok account against my better judgment saying I have cancer.

The amount of times the word "alleged" was said just made me laugh :)

This sounds a lot like Munchausen's. Were a person fakes illness or disorders (in extreme cases, to the point of hurting themselves or causing the actual illness) all to gain sympathy and attention

Alright, I do believe she isn't being truthful, but most of the things people were citing about the medical document as proof it was fake was completely incorrect. That doesn't mean that the report is real, but that these particular things don't indicate it's fake. 12:01 This is wrong. I've done transcription and worked in medical records and many of the doctors I worked with started reports with a comment like "The patient is a pleasant 34 year old woman." It may be less common in some regions compared to others, but where I'm at this is *very* common. I was reading chart notes from my own doctors visit a few weeks ago and it started with a similar sentiment. Regarding the logo on the chart notes: it depends on whether it's letterhead or if the entire page is printed at the same time. If this is letterhead they are printing on sometimes a place will use up leftover letterhead before using new letterhead. I've had this happen at 2 places I've worked, where we used up old preprinted envelopes and letterhead after there was a slight change. On certain important documents we did switch to the new letterhead right away, but on everything else we just used up the old stuff first.

She’s never felt the agony of wanting to yell out during a funeral.

Just a thought, in Ireland it's very common for professionals to use "pleasant young lady" as an indicator of their mental state / presentation at the time. (as opposed to someone who may be agressive / depressed). Could be used as a baseline so that they know if someone is "out of sorts" when they present to an appt. Not very often this kind of language is in a record handed to a patient though - its usually in communication that goes from colleague to colleague. Even at that, this is a patient record and i would struggle to believe they would give the information to a patient in that way. This doesnt look legit to me at all.

Reminder that HD does have tics, but not this stage in the disease. For them to have tics this severe, they would be close to dying. Edit: Also, HD would disqualify them from tourettes.

She gets diagnosed then cuts her family out? Weird

That was the worst poem I’ve ever heard. 😡

I forgot what the disorder is called and I’m not a doctor too but after seeing this video... seems like she has a disorder where she fakes it to get attention which is also quite worrying... I wouldn’t say sad at all but she definitely needs to seek therapy.....

What if she did all this to get attention for her Yarn dying business. That would've been crazy.

Hopefully she will recover from all of this sickness

The haircut says it all lol.

even though i completely agree on the fact that people who do bad things should be held responsible for it and that having a mental ilness doesn't excuse everything, the "alleged mother" still had valid points to me, especially on the consequences that online witchhunts can have on the family (cause we all know that some people drag innocents relatives into it)

Apparently that nurse hasn't read as many medical records as they think they have. Doctors do that "very pleasant lady" stuff all the time. I had one recently that called a patient an "athlete." That patient was absolutely NOT an athlete in any way whatsoever. It was odd. He did it in every note, too. This patient is chronically ill and uses a walker. This sort of language usually comes from specialists. In this case, it would likely be a neurologist seeing a patient with Tourette's. They also will always say something like, "Thank you to Dr So and So for allowing me to consult on this patient." I find it odd because they *need* their consult. They aren't doing them a favor. There are some strange carryovers from olden times in medicine, I think.

Oh no the consequences of my action hurt me! How can this be?

I remember seeing her videos and thinking Tourette's wasn't that bad, until I did more research and saw real people with real tourettes and it broke my heart

I know three people with Tourette’s. It bugs them and makes them feel uncomfortable. Two of them are my friends and when they were hanging out together, they both ended up having tic attacks, it just seems awful. Imagining what it would be like if my body would spazz or do something I don’t want it to sounds scary. Not something cute

Regardless of the condition, Prayers for her, her family/friends, and anyone else dealing with things, physically, mentally, spiritually 🙏🏼♥️

They decided her to life's work was to troll strangers on the internet? Interesting

Honesty attempting to gain clout from a disease even if you do have it is immoral in itself and is just a never ending cycle of pitying yourself and hoping for others to feel bad for you and when you pretend to have a disease you don’t even have honestly seek professional help your brain aint right and no tiktok is not professional help or help in general

So….my kid has autism, her medical documentation of her diagnosis not only took me 4 years to officially get an answer, but a year each time we tried (3) to figure out what was going on till I got the diagnosis and then it took another month to get the official paperwork, and when I say paperwork, I’m talking like a book of paperwork for the diagnosis. I’m sure with Tourette’s they have an equally large amount of paperwork that goes with it as well. It would be a paper trail a mile long.

I’m not taking sides, just saying : every time my surgeon or doctor sends a report, they always start off with I met with this very pleasant woman and then so on. So it’s normal to see that in something written by a medical professional.